Man accused of playing cruel prank on woman explains text

A DUTCHMAN accused of tricking a Brit woman into flying to Amsterdam for a "pull a pig" joke claims he would only have texted her that to describe how they had sex.

The Sun reports Sophie Stevenson, 24, today said she has been left "humiliated" after being stood up at Amsterdam airport by Jesse Mateman, who sent her the message: "You were pigged."

He added two pig images plus a laughing face and wrote: "It was all a joke."

Having previously denied having had any relationship with her, his lawyer has now admitted the pair did have sex while they were in Spain.

In the latest statement from Yehudi Moszkowicz, representing Jesse, 21, he said: "Mateman was in Barcelona with a number of friends and met Mrs Stevenson there.

"Indeed, they have a so-called 'one night stand' which has taken place in her hotel room, but Mateman did not spend the night.

"The contact was very short-lived and not of amorous nature.

"It has been a volatile sexual contact, as it happens more often between young people of this age on vacation."

He added that the text messages published "do not come from him".

He said: "If Mateman use the word pig in text message to Stevenson - which he cannot remember - it could only have been send during his stay in Spain and can only relate to the way in which they had sex."

Appearing on ITV's This Morning today, Sophie questioned what she would gain from making the story up.

She said: "It's embarrassing, it's humiliating. The only reason I've spoken out about this is because I don't want this to happen to other girls."

Yehudi Moszkowicz, representing Jesse, told MailOnline: "Jesse has admitted to a one-night stand with this girl.

"He did not stay the night with her and there was no romance. He had no contact with her after they left Barcelona. It was a one-night stand.

"He did not send her any text messages and they did not speak on the phone. The text messages that have been published were not sent by Mr Mateman."

Today Sophie, of Stoke, told how she met the Dutchman on a rooftop terrace bar in Barcelona while caught up in August's terror attack.

She says she slept with Jesse, 21, in what she called a "proper romance" after the traumatised pair struck up a friendship while with pals at the Pension Solarium - a one minute walk from the horror that killed 13 people.

She told The Sun: "We slept together in Barcelona and when I came back to the UK, we carried on talking every day.